New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-16
NEW YORK, Nov. %. 1855.
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL BANK
Pay Ia the order Of New-York Central and
Hudson River r. II. Co.. Six Million Dollars.
SG,OOO.O00. W. II. VANDERBILT
SG,OOO,O0O.

The occasion for the giving OF this check was pinch In
the finances OF New York Central road. wnen Mr.
Vanderbilt having more ready money than the road. vol
unteered To help out Of some OF It's temporary di
cultieA
The smooth face and tall athletic figure OF p Bacon
have become familiar ia New. York city where he came
first with tho advertisement that he was q former law
mariner OF Governor I'M at Elmlra and WAS much
courted by the politicians on that account Mr. Bacons
law office IN the room as that oil Governor hi
at Emira a number Of years and they are personal
frends IL was Bacon who made the eloquent speech
nominating Mr. nm for Governor IN the state Conven
ton am told Mr. Bacon has settled down to tho
practice Of law IN this city and has already entered upon
lucrative professional career ono OF his friends said
yesterday During Governor iIilFs candidacy there was
considerable talk about tho famous tskc WI ease ~
which Cornell University Ii concerned 10 the extent OF
than million dollars and II was stated tnat COY
ernor I'M was the attorney employed 10 break the will
In fact Mr. Bacon !. thu attorney and he has largo con
II through him that Governor h accepted fee ms
counsel IN the suit"
man who has railroad invention Of merit whose In
PRODUCTION seeking said To the other dag that he
presumed that he could get the device adopted by buy
INK mechanic Of certain road and on my eN
pressing astonishment at such sentiment he said:
That nothing We are only copying English methods
of doing business I interested IN the introdnc-
ton Of the Westinghouse air brake in the railroad systems
of Europe We got IL adopted ono railroad by giving
the ro the ~ itwthout charge and adding DOnus
Of 900 worth Of stock Ia the principal manager ofho
line lio Is IL man. too' VINO "f'es SIT oc'o'o "''
name"
Daniel Hungerfori. OF Connecticut, II well known up
town. where he IL usually guest at tho Hoffman House
His line business Is the manufacture Of copper wire
for telegraph purposes lie Ia short stut. cdrrssed
man, with cheeks aud pointed chin whiskors. whose
twinklns eyes Indicate great good humor Chatting the
other day about telegraph extension he said Wires arc
going up all the country all the tnc The biggest
thing recently that Northwest line from 81 Paul and
Minneapolis, connecting tho Pacific Coast. That wasa
great undertaking Iron wire Is longer used except
I'm patching up old lines. DO not believe the Western
Union they had to rebuild their system, would put up
pound Of iron wire or course they are Obliged u use
II b. patch up old lines Iron wire that runs GOO pounds
10 The mile viii do more business than copper That
runs 100 to 200 pounds per mile Not 10 mention
the crc I'm the cost OF tho wire there IL difference
m the size OF the poles required and the larger burden o
keeping up the lne which IL enormous Tho Iron wires
ony about hve years since copper wire introduced
for this purpose The hrst telephone wire was iron Dut
they now using copper
man OF historical figure In Central NcwYork with
whom recently come In contact Is General Elias
W. Ieavenworth of Syracuse. At the advanced ago OF
eighty four years he Is In state OF physical preservation
that remarkable His form Ia slender, but erect ana
vgorons lie has face not unlike william NJ Evarts In
general contour with high and full forehead In COM
pe xion he is nearly copper hued ~ Indian He Is
smooth shaven and grsyhared The General stu prac-
tlses law syracuse In his prime the old law firm OF
NoIon Ieavenworth Comstock was considered second
to none Ho served in the legislature was Secretary OF
state and retired from Congress- to make place for
Frank uscock in whose behalf he wrote strong letter
IA the nominating convention. During the career OF
Thurlow Weed the General was always prominent In
poltics When met him recently he had been drawn
into discussion OF characteristics of craftsmanship
nj the present time, and among other things said; In
any decade within mcory until the present mas
possible look around In tho state or NOW lorR
aud point IN who would make history. You knew
coIli predict
their future with exception, Congressman iiscock,
OF district, there Is not man In our party In the
state York for whom any one would dare predict
I'm that manner think for this lies In the
Milling up OF the country with OregI-bOrn population.
Tho mighty men OF tho past In whose deeds we glory
were American BORN with only exceptions enough To
prye the rule The foreign population has become so
predominant In numbers AMI political weight that de,ei
oping American genius ~ crushed out In great measure
(iuoutaga County, which largely populated by
Americans twenty-five years ago. now has majority Of
residents OF foreign birth or Foreign blood anu 50 IL IL
all the country.
Congressman Hlscock. chatting the topic started by
General Leavenworth remarked while the General Is
very complimentary to me. do quite agree with him
AZ 20 the why velop greater
numbers In public life I'm the period TO which he refers
and for long time before, indeed from the beginning OF
our Government public life politics the great
outlet educated energy The country has and
developed such extent that the demand for such
talent In other avenues has become intouse. rho
wards professions and OF business life have
much than anything possible In public life that
these channels have gradually absorbed who,
careers only needs that should look around him
little 10 find examples without number 10 illustrate and
prove this view.'
Riding up the Now York Central road the other day,
with the bound Hudson In constant view, armies OF
Ice gatherors frequently within the range Of vision
The harvesting Ice Is Of tho great winter industries
OF tho HUDSON region. At my elbow WA gentleman
who WAS formerly connected with Of tho great leo
companies that supply NcwYork City. Bald he; " loo